Hanging wall



Nov. 27, 1923 C. S. BURT'IS HANGING WALL Filed Nov. 24 1922 ATTORNEY,

WITNESS Patented Nov. 27, 1923.

UNITED STATE$ 1,475,539 PATENT orrica.

CHARLES S. BURTIS, 0F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

HANGING WAL Application filed November 24, 1922. Serial No. 603,026.

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Some of theobjects of the present invention are: to construct a wall or wall covering of parts which embody simple features of construction whereby the assemblage of said part-s may be accomplished without requiring much time and labor; to produce a wall or wall covering having the attributes just mentioned of metal thus giving long period of service; and with these and other objects in view the invention resides in the particular provision, construction, and mode of connection of parts hereinafter fully described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a fragment of a wall or covering.

Figure 2 is-a vertical sectional view.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of one of the intermediate parts.

It is to be understood that the present invention contemplates erection of a wall in the sense that it is erected without a backing other than the necessary frame-work as a support therefor, or, it may be erected to cover a wall of comparatively cheap material such as fibre board. This wall or covcring, generally consists of a main supporting part 10, intermediate parts 11, a bottom over the joints formed by the parts 11 and finishing part 12, and finishing strips 13.

The main supporting part 10 will be of a length commensurate with the width of the wall. It is made from a single piece of material, preferably metal. It is bent and formed to provide side portions 14, edge portions 15 and a portion 16 bent at an oblique angle. Inhanging the wall this part 10 is fixed to the frame-work over which the wall will lie.

Each art 11 is made from a single piece of material preferably metal. One edge has a portion bent obliquely as at 17, and rebent obliquely as at 18, whereas, the opposite edge has a portion thereof bent obliquely as at 19. The parts 11, in fact, are identical. The parts 11 each have the bends 1'1 and 18 only; the bend as shown at 19 on the parts 11 being omitted from each part 11.

The bottom finishing part 12 is made of a slngle piece of material, preferably metal. 1t s bent and formed to provide a portion 20 which is insubstantial parallelism and a port1on 21 which joints the portions 20. The part 12 will be substantially the same length as the length of the part 10.

The strips 13 will be of different lengths. Those which will be vertically disposed will be of a length commensurate to the height of the wall between the parts 10 and the portion 20 of the part 12, whereas, some of i the strips will be of a length substantially equal to the width of one of the parts 11. Each strip 13 is made of a single piece of material, preferably metal. Each strip as formed has spaced portions 22 and joining portions 23 thus making each strip U-shape 1n cro$ section. The ends of the short strips are mortised to fit the long vertically disposed strips. These strips are arranged in a manner and for a purpose to appear.

In practice, the part 10 is attached to a part of the frame-work or backing. The parts 11 are thensuspended in rows or groups. One row or grou is suspended from the part 11 by virtue o the means constituted by the bend 16 of the part 10.and the bond 17 and rebend18 of the parts 11. The next row or group of parts 11 is suspended from the first row or group and so on until a wall of the proper dlmensions is had. The part 12 is put in place at a point immediately below the last row'or grou of parts 11. The strips 13 are then secured in place 11 The long and vertically disposed strips may be nailed at the ends whereas the horizontally disposed strips may beheld in place by spots of solder. After the parts have been assembled as explained, a'wall of neat and attractive appearance will result.

What is claimed is:

1. A hanging wall havin a main supporting member, a group 'ol parts, coactingt means on the said member and the said parts whereby the parts are suspended from said member, and other roups of parts which embod means wherehy said groups are suspendet from each other and from the first group of parts, and a finishing part dis posed adjacent the'bottom group of parts. 2. A hanging wall of identical parts each having reversely bent opposed portions for efiecting the suspension thereof from a fixed member, and strips which cover the joints between said parts.

3. A hanging Wall comprising a main supporting part, a bottom finishing part, separable parts arranged between the main supporting part and thebottom finishing part, and strips for covering the joints between to the separable parts.

at, A hanging wall comprising metallic parts of identical construction, each of said parts having a signature. v

CHARLES BURTIS.

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